IAs the clans struggle for the Emerald Throne, the evil forces beyond the Empire begin to stir. The Saga of Rokugan continues...
Hida Sukune fulfills his obligations to the new allies of the Crab Clan.
The Elemental Masters of the Phoenix Clan have unearthed a riddle best left unsolved.
And Mirumoto Hitomi sacrifices her honor and her clan to follow her dark destiny.
New samurai and shugenja from the clans step forward as a new ally and an old enemy join the war for the Emerald Throne.
Two new forces emerge to vie for the Emerald Throne. After a thousand years of slumber, the Naga awaken to find their Empire on the edge of ruin, and the empire of men in the midst of civil war. Now they must unite the clans against the evil of the Shadowlands, lest both empires be lost.
But in the shadows of the Imperial Palace, the remnants of the Scorpion clan have created a plot that may mean the utter destruction of Rokugan. They have forsaken the path of victory for a more dangerous one: the path of revenge.
The smell of fear is everywhere as dead men rise up from their and take up the weapons of war to battle against their ancestors. And somewhere in the Empire, a forbidden scroll has been opened, the beginning of a thousand year old prophecy that speaks of the time when the Emperor will fall from his throne, and the servants of darkness will reign for all eternity...
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The saga of Rokugan began with the fall of the Hantei dynasty. Lingering at the edge of death, the Emperor sought an honorable samurai to become the Imperial heir. Now the saga continues with the release of Shadowlands. The plots of the six Great Clans unfold and the families reveal their strategies. The Crab find new allies from the outskirts of the Empire, while the political machinations of the Crane become more desperate. The stoic Lion clan remains resolute in its support of the dying Emperor while the Phoenix have unearthed forgotten and dangerous magics. The Clan of the Unicorn discovers that it must face the horrors of the Shadowlands alone, while the enigmatic Dragon Clan retreats further into thier mountain strongholds.
Word travels to the houses of the Clans that the
Naga, long rumored to have been mere legend, have sent an emissary
to the emperor to unify the warring clans. And in the court of the
emperor, the remnants of the fallen scorpion clan plot a revenge
that will bring the empire into an eternity of darkness.